Conjunction
Benedictus Genty Bulu 1955 (Dinga)
(To my wife)
When you are
With me
I stay in
Because there is
No place for me
Anywhere else
I stay with you
Inside our house
Breathing
Your presence
But when you are
Not with me
I stay out
Because there is
No space left
Inside the house
I stay out
Because the house
Is full
Full of emptiness
Full of your absence.
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Written on March 04, 1995
Submitted by benbulu on November 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | x abxCbxxdxe abFCxdFdxxe |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 315 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 10, 11 |
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